SubscribeBelieve me when I say that this post is written as much, if not more, for me as it is for you. And so I ask again, are your actions consistent with your dreams? Part two of this question is, or have you stopped dreaming?
Dreams and goals are absolutely necessary ingredients to ensure one’s success. In fact, one might contend that they are not only a necessary part, but that they need to be ingredients one and two; all else fails without a compelling “why”. Why do you do the things you do? What is it that you want out of life? If in fact, you would like more out of life, then you have to exercise your dream muscles and re-establish your compelling why.
For me, I have always dreamed of taking 2-3 exotic vacations annually, driving a really nice sports car, and working no more than 20 hours a week, while I spend the rest of my time working on my golf game, riding my bicycle, and tooling around the country side on my Harley. And so I don’t appear too selfish, another part of my dream is to donate more of my time and money to the church and to community organizations. Nice dream, huh? Totally and completely unfulfilled! At least for now!!! And so, I keep dreaming because I know it will happen.
So, how am I working on realizing my dream? As a chiropractor my mission has always been to help people become pain-free and achieve higher levels of health and vitality by pursuing a chiropractic lifestyle, without the use of drugs or surgery. However, I am not all that altruistic because from the beginning I knew there would be a financial reward; at least that was what I fully expected. In fact, this was what I was told by my professors while in chiropractic college; “When you graduate you’re going to earn a professional income”. I don’t know about you, but to me that meant no less than $250k/year. Unfortunately, that never happened for me, and in recent years my income has gone down, way down!
So what’s the problem? Why am I and many others in healthcare seeing dramatic cuts in their paycheck? Because our pay is dependent upon two things; (a) a third-party pay system that derives great pleasure out of finding new ways to not pay you, and (b) a society that says they want good health, but when push comes to shove they either don’t have the money for it or it is not important enough to actually pay for, especially in 2009!
The other thing I have come to realize about healthcare that has kept me from realizing my dreams is that there is no compounding. What do I mean by that? That means that if I tell two people about chiropractic, and they each tell two people who in turn tells two people . . . all of those people still need to come in to see me for them to benefit and for me to be paid. I am forever trading time for dollars.
Contrast the healthcare industry with that of network marketing. With network marketing if I tell two people and they tell two people who also tell two people . . . now I get paid for the work of every single one of those people without talking to or necessarily even knowing any of them; it’s a beautiful thing! The best part is that since everyone profits, they are all much more likely to tell “two people” and keep the ball rolling.
Now I know what you’re saying, with network marketing I have to sell something. The question is, how it that different from what you do as a healthcare provider? You’re either selling yourself or you are selling your services; there is always some sort of promotion going on if you want to be successful.
No doubt there are other stigmas associated with network marketing. In answer to perhaps the two biggest questions, I have found an excellent video by Tim Sales on YouTube. Before you take a look at it let me just say that if you want to be successful beyond your dreams there are a few points to consider before getting involved with network marketing.
- There IS serious money to be made in network marketing, but you MUST treat it like any other business. Many people think that because the start up cost is so low that it is not a real business that requires time and effort. 10-15 hours per week at a minimum and don’t forget that it is NOT a get-rich quick scheme.
- The product you represent must be something you believe in and can get passionate about.
- The product must be consumable, demanding repeat business.
- There must be a fair compensation plan.
- The owners must have a great support system and have definite plans for growth.
Remember, the residual income with network marketing can be huge, but only if you are serious about it!
Here’s Tim, enjoy!
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